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Use Gas Tax For Repairing Of Green Bay Road It was requested at Monday‘s meetâ€" ing of the City Council that morey from the gas tax be used for the reâ€" pairing of Green Bay road, as more asphalt is needed to put a top on the road. Snce the war production board refused the city preference rating on the repaving of the road, the city plans to patch the holes on the street. Citizens were warned by the Council to break all brass and other salvage sold to the government in order to be sure the articles go for salvage after they are picked up by the junkâ€" fifi-vlkmb&c\us.us board in Springfield. Commissioner . Nathan Sharp reâ€" ported that territory surrounding the incinerator has been improved in the past 60 days and by next spring grass will ‘be planted around the cil from Lt. Col. C. J. Wesley of the salavage office at Fort Sheridan thanking the city for the canon donaâ€" ted to the Fort for salvage. A petition containing thirty names was submitted ‘regarding the sewer condition on Prairie avenue in Highâ€" wood, and asking that steps be taken to prevent the streets from becoming Reports were received from the poâ€" flice, fire, water and building departâ€" ments for the month» Mother of Local Persons Dies deatn, with her danghter, Mrs. Eiper Therrien, 745 Ridgewood drive. . Ermest Knudson of 68 Skokit aveâ€" nue. Funeral services will be held at KeBey‘s chape! Saturday. Mrs. Adoiph Knudson, 65, died Wednesday ~morning= after a five months‘ illness. ‘Mrs. Knudson, who resided in Highland Park for the past $0 vears lived at the timte of her on _ Monday evenings include weodâ€" working, under the instruction of Mr. Schneider, welding with Mr. Bolle as teacher, sewing under the direction of Miss Bean, public speaking under Frof. Tomlinson, badminton tnder Mr. Panther, refresher math under Mr. Stunkel and probably a class in Spanâ€" ish, for both beginning and advanced students. A class in radio is under consideraâ€" tion ‘and further notice of t!um will be given in next week‘s Hi T‘ark News. Classes areâ€" also being considered : in home. nursing, physical 1‘mess» and â€"rifle instruction. . On: Wednesday evenings there will also be classes in badminton,â€"â€" woodâ€" work and first aid. Mr. Pertz will "instruct a Monday class in mechanical drawing which will < include: .architectural , drafting, . All persons are urged to Aake adâ€" vantage of the early registration periâ€" od in order to avoid conjestion at the school on the opening night of classes and also be sure of getting into Persons who live outside of the Deerfieldâ€"Shields high school â€"district must pay a double fee for each course. Additional:information in regard to the program may be obtained by callâ€" Tentative offering will, beâ€"made in «l1 the ial $ubj includi bookkeeping, beginning shorthand and a ] thortmad m bs will be offered on M ; evenings and if the members of the lasses wish to take an additional evening of inâ€" wruction, Wednesday"evening will also be available~> Mr. and Mrs.«Condon aguin will be the instructors.ar~the uphoistery and slip cover class which will be offered uwofil’md‘ir- ing: to take this : must register wbloh-!olwhdnchu. Materials for this ar= available 110 ts Comam, e in tor from ~Mr. Condon. Assistance in the repair of furniture will also be posâ€" sible‘ in this class. ing Mr. Thurston at the high school the direction of A. N. Thurston, will start at the Highland Park high school on Vine avenue on Monday Oct. 12. Advance registration can be made at the main office of the high school on s and 2 trom 7+Â¥ antl 9 vdetk â€" $ o‘ Ah-":m_dmvilh offered for the year ‘including subjects pertaining to the war. situation. The facilities of the school have been offâ€" ered to the Red Cross classes and the civilian defense program. Subjects Pertaining to War Offered By Adult Education A letter was received by the Counâ€" Other courses that will be offered It‘s read by THE Poople ! the men are taught the .US. navy system with particular emphasis on alertness and military bearing and posture. _ An excellent record of gradâ€" uates is found throughout the.U. S. navy. Abbott hall is the standard model for reserve schools throughout the country. Capt. Wygant was born in Fort Dodge,.Kan., on Jan. 14, 1881 He is a graduate of Annapolis class of 1901, and has served in the U. S. navy for 40 years. Until his return to active duty on July 30, 1940, he was the fire commissioner of Los Angeles. Durâ€" ing his years of service Captain Wyâ€" gant has been delegated to sea duty aboard the USS Viking," Kearsarge, Newport, Vermont, ‘Walke <(Comâ€" mand\, Tucker (Command), Calhoun (Command), California (Executive Ofâ€" Capt. Wygant to Address ,Aron‘s Fellowship Club Abbott hall navai reserve midshipâ€" mans‘ school started early in the fall of 1940, Capt. Wygant, who had been rétired, returned to active service to be the commanding officer. It is a four month course with military and academic instruction. As close as posâ€" sible, it is patterned lfy the Annapâ€" olis system. F. ficer, Melville (Command), Cleveland (Command), Colorado (Command, West Virginia (Chief of Staff, Comâ€" bat Ships). Â¥ mtfiyusbonhddut ment ‘to Anmapolis, the Naval college, Harvard N. R. O. T. C., and Chief of Staff, Fifth Naval district. He_participated in the Spanishâ€"Amerâ€" ican war, and during World war I, was in command of a destroyer based in Queenstown, Ireland. n & "erlmes, Tt Favent bquse h. Ts "iNa U Abbott hall, 710 Lake Shore drive, Chicago. tron Drive In Highwood Continues The drive for scrap iron continues ~ Highwood, with all the schoot childâ€" ren having been given instructions to pass on to their parents regarding drive. Those wishing to donate fron to the campaign are asked § Joe Lensini at the Pure Oil â€"station. cÂ¥ ucs YÂ¥as* 4 _ It is planned to start a drive for Captain â€"Benyaurd Bourne Wygant, commanding officer of the naval reâ€" serve midshipman school at Northâ€" western university, Abbott hall, Chiâ€" cago, will be the speaker at the first meeting of the fall season of the Men‘s Fellowship club of ‘the Présâ€" byterian church to be held at the The academic instruction :embraces three subjects, navigation, seamanship and ordnance. " On completion of the. course, the . midshipmen . are . commissionâ€" ¢d ensigns, . In military instruction, Draft F. â€"Five Men frompDocal Board Today Barrington, Christian E. J osal, Leslie E. Willard, Warren R. Ankele end Juan Rojas. Deerficld, Ewald A. Winter, . Alexander M. Ubowich, ‘thomas R. Hall, James L.~ Kilcoyne and Richard Hoffman. Lake Zurich, Floyd E. Lohman and John Rizzu, Libertyville, Raymond â€" A.~ Schwartz and Max M. Roth, Fort Sheridan, William C. Knobloch, who has enlisted in the army; Chicago, Wilfred D. Howell; Saxon, Wis. Leo A. Larivee, Oakes, .N. D.,, Kenneth O. Frojen, Palatine, 1i1., Irving Sturm ; Jlowa City, Ia., Wilferd W. Smothers, who has\ enlisted in the marines; Lake Forest, John H. Frew ; Glencoe, John A. Ople. e George Hartmann, president of the organization, has announced that faâ€" thers of Highland Park boys who graduated from Abbott hall will be honored at the dinner. i rod; Elio Capitani, Charles Scapecchi, Harry F. Mussatto ( has enlisted in the navy), John Masini, Tileo Medici, ~Michacl Lanera, ~A. Laverne Webster, /‘ five men will report to Dtmwaluhvfl\-*) Yor induction into the U. S. army. Those from Highland Park include : John M. Rohr, Michad W. "Clark, Ovid W. Mason, Adolf Vous, Guy E. Biondi, Louis J. Soefker, Recco Fiore, Dominic M. Venture, Robert L. Chrisâ€" tensen, Bartolo A. Amed#i, Antomo L. Crestani, James F. Kilkeony, Ernest R. DeSanto, Sidney Taylor and Walâ€" ter L. Gotschall Ir. * The Higbland Park Pregs _ ~~~ R. Ankele Ewald A. bo w ich, ." Kilcoyne ‘"Mighland Park‘s NEWS Paper‘ f or 32 Years "During the past year 13,360 boys and girls have visited our play rooms, or an average of 50 every day. They play games of all sorts, use the readâ€" ing room or just hobnob with others of their own age. The big point is that no matter what they do, they are kept off the streets. ' M.mmu- bara Bradiey, deughtetr of Mr. and Mrs. Mahion Ogden Aradâ€" ley O J Central avermme, died Friâ€" day in the Highland Park hospital. Amportant as are the functions of Highland ‘Parks‘ Community center in peacetime, they take on an even deeper significance when the nation girds itself for a titanic struggle to survive. #< This fact may surprise many people, says »George Scheuchenpfilug, : otherâ€" wise known as "Mr. X;" managing diâ€" réctor of the center. . "While the center has.unndertaken a substantial share of war time activâ€" ities, such as first aid training and participation in civilian ~defense, its most important responsbility is in proâ€" viding activities that will keep boys and girls interested and occupied. The tendency during war is to leave youth to its own devices. Parents are preâ€" occupied with worry and strain, with the result that family discipline grows lax. _ It is such a condition that breeds trouble, unless some supervised recreâ€" ational outlet is provided. That is the real task of our Center. Dies At Hospital "But it must not be forgotten," he poifited out, "that our comfortable, spacious building is a nm! to that other _ world war which America entered . 25 ..years. ago. _ Highland Park‘s . Soldiers and Sailors, â€" clubs, founded by Mrs. Tom Wyles and othâ€" er patriotic women, bequeathed the funds which made our present plant possible. â€" In fact, asâ€"well as in fancy, thatvgarly service men‘s club was a united service organization, for it reâ€" presented the joinnt e“u:; of : every clement. that our Community center building and she U.S.O. club building are ml architecturally a single unit. "Our activities committee, of which Mrs. David Levinson is chairman, is planning an increased number of club end hobby activities for the comng winter to take care of the growing needs of the community. ‘On every hand we find an increasing demand for the type of service we provide and which is not available through any other agency. Indicative of.the inâ€" ¢reasingly important work we are doâ€" ing is found in the fact that an average of <1,100 persons, old and young participated in our program activities every week the last year, an hac:nd” over the previous year. Whg y way ) Young Daughter of Touching on the center‘s adult work, Director Scheuchenpfiug continued : "From one to four first aid classes Miss Bradiey attended the Highâ€" land Park high school and William Hall in Hartford, Conn. : Herâ€"mother is a wellâ€"known lecturer on the North Surviving, béside her parents, ats two brothers, a.tm.(kmm who is a heutenant ) at hail, anda sister, Auneâ€"B.. Funcral services were held from the home on mwâ€"l&n‘ ion burial Highland Pork,:Iflinois, Thursdoy, September 24, 1942 SQLDIERS FIND BUSY WARâ€"TIME SPHERE OF ACTION AT COMMUNITY CENTER Future: WAACS and WAVES Too, Gain Valuable Experience in Citizenship Adult Work have met at the center since the first oftheyur.#‘lhudl’arknowhn more than 50 qualified first aid inâ€" structors all of whom received their traininglat the center. "The Center has cooperated in tivâ€" ilian defense by providing meeting rooms for the air raid wardens, the auxiliary police, the conservation comâ€" mittee, the war bond committee, the Réd ‘Cross, the knitting committee, registration of civilian defense work» ers, permanent registration workers, the "Share Your Car" committee and many others. "Bz‘ud Girl Scouts need space and Community center has proâ€" vided this space, for training courses, for leaders‘ meetings and large scoutâ€" vidhags Officers of the center are : Mayor Frank Ronan, honorary president; Renslow P. Sherer, president; J. B. Garnett, viceâ€"president; Mrs. George R. Jones, viceâ€"president, and R. L. Erskine, treasurer. Publicity chairâ€" man is Alfred C. Houser. Highland Park Community center is one of the important local agencies which is supported by the Community Chest. Next week the work of the Community ‘service, which provides emergency assistance to the needy, will be presented by one of its execâ€" utive officers. & ‘To summarize, the Community cenâ€" ter, in which every resident of Highâ€" land Park is a stock holder, needs the one, our city needs the Communâ€" ity center." & Our records show that out of 241 alarms answered by our fire deâ€" rtment last year, 104 were grass &:Mlo{flleu.o-alb"‘mu " which were grass, leaves or rubbish, could have been avoided. Remember our fire department is obliged to conserve rubber, gasoâ€" line and other materials the same as you, and there is also a shortâ€" age of man power. _ DON‘T start grass fires to clean %mmmbfl. It only kills ' the grass and makes more The season for grass fires is near at hand and since fire is one of the greatest sources of waste and damage to our country, 1 hereâ€" by call upon our citizens to do their w‘uyhfiemih-d I am therefore appealinig to you to exercise every care and preâ€" n-fionhdfipuiagdg:.n: materials and request serve the lobm”&: weeds grow the next year. Cut the weeds, rake: them up (after drying) and cither send them to the incinerator or burn them in a place where there is no chance of endangering property. DON‘T pile rubbish building and leave it ; it dentaily catch fire. DONT rake your leaves out in the publicsatreet to â€"burn them: it damages the pavement and stops up the drains. «DON‘T start any kind of fire and then go away and leave it. carciim wl Troginters.. dom o soue AtigidiotP=and i but your neighbors‘â€"and at the u.:rhc:um..&zhcnl equipment of your ~"“ BEWARE OF GRASS FIRES ernicd., hews® up by a may acciâ€" discretion Gas Instruction To Be Given at Civilian Defense Meeting Groups Cooperating in ‘Allâ€" Victory Drive Planned Mayor Frank Renan has announced the appointment of Lioyd Sheahen as bomb reconnaissance agent for Highâ€" land Park. Mr. Sheahen plans to attend the school at : the Chicago Historical society on North Clark street, Oct. 1 and 2, where experts will demonstrate the duties of his position. The civilian defense class on fire and incendiary bombs will be given on Friday, Oct. 2. Edward C. Hoskins, chief of, the fire .department, us assistants will give the mr& on fire . prevention in : general. â€" Vallee Appél, who. will be, absent from the meetnig on gases because of a call to Washington, will again be on hand Oct. 2 to demonstrate the handling of incendiary bombs. "We are pleased," says Mrs. Maiâ€" colm Vail, local Red Cross chairman, in speaking for herself and her coâ€" chairman Mrs. L. C. Schultz, "to acâ€" cept the generous invitation of the Board of the Highland Park Woman‘s Club to house our Unit in the Womâ€" an‘s Club building, as it so successâ€" fully meets our need of winter headâ€" quarters." Mrs. B. K. Goodman, Mrs. Karl E. Wagner and Mrs. Sidney Parry, have been â€" appointed Woman‘s Club coâ€" ordinators in arranging final details between the club and the Red Cross committee. Lecture Recitals To Be Presented At Local Y. W.C€. A. Red.Cross Production Unit Reopens In Woman‘s Club Building All women of this comimunity are invited to participate, Much needed surgical dressings and sewing will be on the work ticket for the first meetâ€" ing. Those who can spend the enâ€" tire day may bring sandwiches. Cofâ€" fee will be furnished. â€" Anyone who will loan a good electric or foot pedal sewing ~machine, please notify the chairman, or bring to it to the first meeting. 1 The four books of which she will give an is at the first meeting are, Pfl%«'n "Westward . the Course," Charis â€"Crockeit‘s "Th: House in <the Rain Forest,".."The South Seas in the Modern World," by Felix Kessing and "America in the New Pacific," a recent book of George Taylor‘s. Mrs. Zander‘s comâ€" ments will relate to America‘s place in the world of today..with special cmphasis on affairs in the Pacific Maric Niergarth Zander speaks beâ€" fore many. audiences in the Chicago area. Her apperances here are sponâ€" mnmwv.w.c‘: l&ulhtln ndubmrw Nov. 5, Nov, 19 and Dec. 3 S: Civic Chorus To Resume Rehearsalis .I"'..um ting of meeting mmnmfimc‘ club on Tuesday, Sept, 2, 1t 8 p. m CH invitation "6f the presdent,> Mré The production unit of the Ameriâ€" can Red Cross will meet on the lower level of the Highland Park Woman‘s club on Friday Oct. 2, from 9.30 A.M. to 3 P.M. Meetings will be held at ther notice. Maric Niergarth Zander will preâ€" sent the first of her series of lecture recitals in Highland Parkâ€" on Oct. 1 at the association house of "the Aftet a visiting session to .renew gin on the â€" "M B uds a arot e t * T C I im wfl-fi“&-ue‘-fltdfi attend the meeting. y #1 fichlâ€"(hll’thmyDch,fi ‘“M&t!.u'uc”" evidence of. being one of those cityâ€" wide efforts receiving ‘heartiest coâ€" operation from all groups. A.’... as it became known that the Conserâ€" vation Committee. was making plans for an intensive drive on scrap metal, offers oluu'uua‘u-c’ai-fih from all sides. Everyone, realizing the seriousness of the scrap metal situation, is not only willing to help but actively solicits participation. / The City Council wishes~to help. The Office of Civilian Delmtfifi to take part ‘The High school volunteered to mimeograph all neâ€" cessary Midesal‘h.ba’”- tices in the high school paper. The Boy Scouts have offered to comb the ravines and beaches for scrap. The American Legion is going to concenâ€" trate on ‘the industrial and business houses â€"and ‘to "speak to all clubs. ‘The clementary schools are giving notices through their P.T.A. meetings and through builetins. : The Antes Sign Company has offered to make a big sign at cost of materials. ‘The Highland Park newspapers, as well as the Waukegan papers, are coopera= ting through their: columns: 4 One has to but listen to the radio or read his newspaper to realize the paramount necéessity of getting scrap metais.to our.armament plants.â€"Some must be allocated to the making of steelâ€" plates for our ships. ‘The Vicâ€" tory ships â€"must be turned out on schedule. No one in the United States ever thought that the day come when "our country or it? lies ‘could ever be classified as the "have mot" nations. â€" Because of ourvast ::nl resources and sufficient.money to buy necessary materials® from other na tions, ‘we have ‘always : thought . in terms of plenty:. Many of us are still thinking ‘in terms of. plenty. ‘This is a ‘grave error, While our iron and copper mines are being operated on a tremendous scale, this is not enough. We are not using â€"our â€"metal ' for our .own needs as ~Qur metal ‘must now â€"make armament to England, Africa, China,â€" Russia all of our newly acquired bases in all oceans must be equipped. This is why half of our war materials must be scrap. ‘What does "scrap" mean to you? Something which cannot possibly be used again, or something you can get along without. The time has now come when we must take the litter definition into our "All Out For Victory" scrap thinking. Otherwise our slogan may become "All Out To Prevent Disaster." \ A meeting of all junior captains will be held Saturday morning, Oct. 3, at the Community center, at 10 0‘clock, according to Hortense L. l‘câ€"‘ chairman of the conservation and salâ€" vage committee. j Highland Park is doing better and better on tin can salvage. One may say that the tin can situation is in hand. From now ‘til Victory our tin cans will be salvaged and be conâ€" stantly moving in to the deâ€"tinning plants. * All Highland (Park â€"houswives are salvaging grease.. This now has beâ€" come routine. During the fall and winter the amounts of. grease ‘will materially increase.. With the salvage of these materials becoming more and more automatic, we must turn our thought and effort to scrap metal salvage: . While we have always heard of ‘Home Fronts" in previous wats, this is the first time an engagement must be won on .the Home Front +before the Fighting Front has the opportuâ€" nity to fight! 3 All persons having tanks needing to be disconnected, or, outside. assistance necessary in preparing other large items for the scrap metal trucks, please call the Office ‘of / vilian ‘Defense, H. P. 1400, and arâ€" rangements will beâ€"made. ie Junior Captains Asked To Attend Meeting October 3 At that time,. the juniors will be told how to do their part in the city= wide Salvage for Victory drive which will start Monday, Oct. 5, and continâ€" ue all week. M New junior captains will be inducted at the meeting. l:v:hvh.mh .m.rddvn'tflok L yCee C000° °C Anyone who cannot kzma the mesting should #ee his , chairâ€" nubdo«mc-lm.h o Junior captains are w special trip as soon as E every house which they s e :’.u‘:o&-lult-ct tart sa <ity wilh rive e 5c a Copy, $1.50 a Yen